Gone Bald
All photos by my dad.
Two days to the shave-off
My favourite photo backdrop. Photo by Jerneh Hon.
My friend and dance instructor Serina from Studio 23 called me earlier this evening.
“Are you going to tHe Spring tomorrow night?” she asked me.
“I don’t know yet. What’s going on?”
“I’m running my belly dance workshop for the Go Bald campaign.” she reminded me. “Albert already reached his target, so I’m going to help you reach yours.”
“Really? Wow.” I have incredibly wonderful, helpful friends but I could never get used to people wanting to help me do things.
“I think it’s brave of you to want to do this. Bring your dance belt and pretend you happen to have it with you when I do the workshop!”
So there you are. I will be at tHe Spring tomorrow night, 7.45 – 8.15pm, and I will show you which direction the fat wobbles.
I’m still not entirely sure if “brave” or “bold” is the word that we want here, but I’ll expound on that another time. Maybe tomorrow.
My funds are at RM850 RM1000. If you’re still sending money my way, you can track me down tomorrow night or Sunday before 1pm at tHe Spring. If you’re doing an online transfer and the banks already closed for the weekend, send me a screenshot of the receipt.
Since I have a long day tomorrow, I’m going to bed early.
Kenny goes bald
There’s no reason for me to pretend I’m not impressed by this. I was thrilled when the counter of his page passed the RM50k mark. But Kenny Sia exceeded his target. People kept giving. They raised and extra RM2000 right there at tHe Spring.
Needless to say, the man of the hour was mugged over and over for photos. Here, we’re both pointing at something that’s about to become history.
Despite all natural fears, Kenny actually looked good without hair.
But I think the whole reason behind the “Give Hope, Go Bald” campaign hit home when we were introduced to 6-year old Michael from Kapit.
His father will be going bald along with a bunch of other people this Sunday. Perhaps that bunch of other people will include me.
My collection is RM850 at the time of writing (watch the meter on the sidebar for updates), which is pretty amazing considering I only started rallying for donations on Monday. A huge bunch of thanks go out to my colleagues, friends and new friends who took up the cause and passed the word on.
There’s 2 more days left to contribute. Besides me, the following bloggers are also pledging to shave their heads:
- Jimmy Chin will do it for RM5,000.
- Albert Lim went past his original target and have marked it up to RM5,000.
